Manchester City are ready to offer Wycombe starlet Jordan Ibe a multi-million pound package, in a bid to beat Premier League rivals Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United to his signature.
The 15-year-old shot to fame with a superb goal against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, in his first professional start, following a series of impressive substitute appearances.

Carlos who? Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak led the line in a manner Edin Dzeko would be proud of as he helped a United Arab Emirates All Stars team to victory in a charity match. The clinical targetman coolly rounded the keeper for his first before finishing with aplomb for his second. He was [.

Manchester City's strong financial status have started to get it rewards this season by their success in winning the FA Cup and also qualifying for the Champions League, this condition apparently have pleased the team's chairman, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, who stated that they won't be splashing crazy cash next summer.

When you look at what has happened to Manchester City in recent seasons being Chelsea fans, I can't help but think back to how it all happened for us and draw comparisons. The thing is as much as we look at City, the money they have been spending and the huge amount of players that have come into the club, we still think they are some way off from being realistic title contenders.

Abhinav's Note: Manchester City owner Khaldoon Al-Mubarak was so impressed by the earlier post on the world's most talented team to beat Barca that he has conveyed his personal thanks to us at BFZ. With rumours of them being clubbed in the same CL group as Barca doing the rounds, the Arabesques are even more determined to prove a point.

El futbol en su estado puro sigue perteneciendo a los equipos de tradición, a los grandes por naturaleza, los históricos. Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Inter, Bayern. Perdidos por ahí están Liverpool y Juventus que aunque se renuevan y buscan emerger en el panorama mundial este año al menos seguirán fuera de la Champions League.

Carlos Tevez is considering taking legal action against Roberto Mancini for what he is calling defamation. A report carried by BBC claims that Tevez who has already been fined 4 weeks wages, was not happy with Mancini's comments immediately after the game and it is these remarks that Tevez feels cast him in a bad light.

John Nyen on illusions of the Euro game

The guy on left easily carries the American Express Black card...and nothing can dent it.

"I am a fan of the American model. The European model cannot be sustained without new parameters, commercial parameters that allow competition, that allow revenue distribution, and that will allow talent to continue to prosper.

Carlos who? Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak led the line in a manner Edin Dzeko would be proud of as he helped a United Arab Emirates All Stars team to victory in a charity match. The clinical targetman coolly rounded the keeper for his first before finishing with aplomb for his second. He was [.

By Chris Wright

The 'UAE Stars' took on a side of Formula One drivers (Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Walter Zenga, etc) in an annual charity fixture in Abu Dhabi last night, with the Arab legends running out 5-4 winners thanks chiefly to a hat-trick from their big man up top Man City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.